The University of California at Berkeley could fail to meet the Title IX standards after it eliminated five varsity teams last fall, because of state aid cuts. The university dropped women’s lacrosse and gymnastics. In order for the university to meet the standards they will have to add 50 spots for women in existing athletic programs and they will have to drop 80 spots for men, or they will have to reinstate the women’s teams. This situation that brought up the history of Cal as having repeated offensives against gender equality in sports; for example, the university had to settle a lawsuit with a former administrator in 2007 who complained about the treatment of women in the athletic department.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/sports/09titleix.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=sports&src=me
Ronnie Miller